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UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE..

RALPH W. POPE, OF ELIZABETELNEW JERSEY.

COMBINED PEN-CLEANER AND PAPER-WEIGHT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Lett-,ers` Patent No. 268,431, datedDecember 5, 15382.

Application filed April 4, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, RALPH W. POPE, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Elizabeth, 1n the county of Union and State of New Jersey,have invented a Combined Pen-Gleaner and Paper-Weight, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a compact, economical, andeffective device for cleaning writing-pens and removing fibers of paperor other matter which may accumulate The support or holder of thepen-cleaner is so constructed that the whole serves also as a con4venient paper-weight for use upon adesk or table.

vIn the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improvedpen-cleaner and paper-weight, and Fig. 2 is a transverse verticalsection therethrough.

' Referring to Fig. l, A represents a base or holder, which maybe formedot' any suitable metal or like substance, but is preferably ofcast-iron. Its surface `may be polished japanned, plated with nickel, orotherwise suitably ornamented and finished. Within the .base A is formedan open annular recess or seatB, best seen in Fig. 2'. In the center ofthis recess is an upright post or projection, C, perforated verticallyby a screw-hole, g, into which fits a thumb-screw E, having a milledhead or knob, e, which serves as a convenient handle. The post Gprojects upward nearly or quite to the same height as the upper surfaceor edge of the base A. A flat coil or roll of paper ribbon,D, is placedwithin the recess B, the screw E being first removed to admit it. Thecoil is formed with a circular aperture in its center, which passes overthe post G. The shoulder j', upon the lower part of the milled head e ofthe screw E, serves asa clamp to secure the paper-coil D firmly in itsproper position within the recess B. The coil D consists of a continuousstrip or ribbon of bibulous.'

paper, having a breadth preferably of about halt' an inch. The coil iswound, by any suitable means, with a uniform tension from the center ofthe coil to its outer periphery, care being taken to leave itsufficiently loose to ladmit of a point of a pen being thrust be` Afterthe coil has tween the convolutions. been wound to the proper diameter,the outer end may be secured by pasting or otherwise. I have found inpractice a coil about three inches in diameter to be a desirable andconvenient size.

When a writing-pen becomes clogged by reason of an accumulation of paperiiber or other extraneous matter upon or between the points of itsnib'it may instantly be cleaned by thrusting its point into the exposedupper side of the paper coil and again withdrawing it. The pressure ofthe adjacent convolutions of paper will remove allV obstructive matterfrom the point as it is withdrawn. When the writer has done using thepen, by thrusting the point of the same into the coil, the ink remainingthereon will be absorbed by the adjacent convolutions of paper, leavingthe pen in a clean condition ready for subsequent use.

The base or holder A is preferably constructed of sufficient weight andthickness so that it may serve as a paper-weight, in which case equallyadapted to be used as a pcd-cleaner on each of its sides, may, when wornor saturated with ink on one side, be inverted iu the holder and theother side used. Alter the paper coil has become worn out from use itmay be replaced by another similar one at a tritling cost I do notdesire to confine myself to-the precise form of construction shown inthe drawings or to the dimensions recommended herein, as it is obviousthat both may be varied without departing from the principle of theinvention.

I claim as my invention- 1. A pencleaner consisting of a coiled strip orribbon of paper provided with a base or holder, substantially ashereinbefore set forth.

2. The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of' acoiled strip or ribbon of paper and a base having a recess formedtherein for receiving or containing said coil.

3. The combination, substantially as hereinscribed my'name this 31st dayofMarch, A. D.

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coil Within the recess. MILLER C; EARL,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto sub- EDWIN T. RICE, Jr.

'RALPH W. POPE.

